I honestly haven't tested what's currently available but from what I read I don't want to shell out the money I have and be disappointed. Of course, we still have a nice range of quality prime lenses at least.

I can understand people whi dion't wanna test and complain because it isn"t good enough...

Hmm, all I can say is that days when Pentax cameras and lenses were best bang for the buck are over. First we got two bodies priced more than competition, now we have crazy priced consumer level lens...

Hmm, all I can say is that days when Pentax cameras and lenses were best bang for the buck are over. First we got two bodies priced more than competition, now we have crazy priced consumer level lens...

We enjoyed that position when Pentax were losing money hand over fist, now that Hoya are in charge, that situation has changed somewhat. However I suspect that the market forces will come into play and Hoya may well have to rethink their strategy regarding Pentax.

Originally posted by thibs

Because f/4 constant is consumer lens level now? Since when?

Because it is seen by many as a consumer lens. Depressing Photo Rants (DPR) announced it as "Pentax has launched a consumer-level standard zoom lens for its range of digital SLRs"

In truth it is a mid range lens, the 18-55 is the consumer glass. But then, even the * their lenses are consumer lenses, as you don't have to be a registered business professional to buy them.

" This lens is compatible with the K20D, K200D, K100D Super and K10D (with Ver. 1.30 or later firmware installed) and later PENTAX DSLR camera bodies. When mounted on other camera bodies, the focus mode is automatically switched to manual.

Developed specifically for PENTAX digital SLRs,**

**SDM-only focusing lens may be used with non-SDM PENTAX DSLR bodies in manual focus mode. "